Duterte critics want to weaken him and his family, but backsliding on rights will only guarantee a new, corrupt government ...

On Dec. 8, the Assad regime was toppled when rebels breached Damascus, after nearly 14 years of war. When the outcome had ...

Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79. PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who ...

The incident, the first serious challenge to the new regime in Damascus, took place in Tartus province, a pro-Assad ...

The former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92. He was the country's first Sikh prime minister ...

Adnan Kassar, who won several gold medals and captained the national equestrian team in the 1980s was a close friend of Assad, whose elder brother Bassel was also a fellow equestrian.

Fierce clashes erupted on Thursday between security forces of Syria's transitional government and loyalists of ousted ...

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko plans to deploy 10 Russian Oreshnik missile systems in Belarus, pro-Kremlin ...

Increasing analysis suggests Russian air defenses might have downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, which crashed in a ...

The world’s richest man is a fan of weight-loss drugs.

The family drama surrounding fallen Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad took a new twist Thursday as his wife was reported to be ...

Vladimir Putin’s recent end-of-the-year press conference was mostly a self-congratulatory snooze, but there were several ...